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07-07-2009, 07:56 AM
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Junior Techie Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 53
|  Core 2 Duo question.
I have a Core 2 Duo E7200 2.53GHz CPU... I ran this utility from EA games today, and it told me that apparently my CPU is (correctly listed as 2.53) but rated at 3.79GHz. Does that mean I can play games that recommend up to a 3.79GHz CPU? | 
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07-07-2009, 08:24 AM
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Theg Ame Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Oxfordshire, UK, waving our red white and blue. Posts: 1,939
| Re: Core 2 Duo question.
I think the EA Games utility was incorrect, unless you've OC'ed your E7200 by such a huge margin 
And there are no games which recommend a 3.8GHz CPU, since there aren't any without overclocking. | 
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07-07-2009, 08:26 AM
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Junior Techie Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 53
| Re: Core 2 Duo question.
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Originally Posted by Yamikotai  I think the EA Games utility was incorrect, unless you've OC'ed your E7200 by such a huge margin
And there are no games which recommend a 3.8GHz CPU, since there aren't any without overclocking. | Could it be that it's because of the dual-cores it's equivalent to a single core running at that speed? | |
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07-07-2009, 08:32 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Sweden Posts: 6,677
| Re: Core 2 Duo question.
nope. You never add core speeds together.
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07-07-2009, 08:36 AM
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Theg Ame Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Oxfordshire, UK, waving our red white and blue. Posts: 1,939
| Re: Core 2 Duo question.
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Originally Posted by Skormm Could it be that it's because of the dual-cores it's equivalent to a single core running at that speed? | That's not how multi-core works  You don't add clock speeds.
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07-07-2009, 08:41 AM
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Junior Techie Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 53
| Re: Core 2 Duo question.
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Originally Posted by Hefemeister nope. You never add core speeds together. |
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07-07-2009, 08:55 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Sweden Posts: 6,677
| Re: Core 2 Duo question.
Well it has to have issues.
What gpu do you have because it says you have 1.6gb of vid memory. They have 2gb cards or I guess you could have sli 260's to get close to that number.
3.2gb of ram? if you had 3 1gb ram dimms technically it would be 3.072gb of ram.
So needless to say too many inconsistencies in that sheet for me to believe it.
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07-07-2009, 08:57 AM
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Theg Ame Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Oxfordshire, UK, waving our red white and blue. Posts: 1,939
| Re: Core 2 Duo question.
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Originally Posted by Hefemeister 3.2gb of ram? if you had 3 1gb ram dimms technically it would be 3.072gb of ram.
So needless to say too many inconsistencies in that sheet for me to believe it. | RAM-wise I think it's 4GB of RAM in a 32-bit system.
But I agree the VRAM sounds iffy. Looks to me like the program can't recongise the GPU. | |
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07-07-2009, 09:09 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Sweden Posts: 6,677
| Re: Core 2 Duo question.
yes but think about the ram. If he indeed had 4gb on a 32bit os with 1.6gb of vid ram he would only have around 2gb of usable ram.
If he had a 256mb vid card than it would be correct.
So maybe they have some type of rating system for dual cores.
give me a link to that test and I will check with my system for fun.
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07-07-2009, 09:53 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 19,807
| Re: Core 2 Duo question.
Well that system requirements lab is kind of f'ed up; at one point it said my former X2 4600+ was rated @ 4600mhz and also said the HD 3200 with 512MB VRAM was the world's best GPU o_O
Never add CPU core speeds together, because its utterly incorrect; also, if a game says it requires 3.0ghz, you can still run it because yours is a dual-core (I remember one really n00by guy trying to argue with me that an e7200 wouldn't run L4D, but its just a heads up!) | |
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